Dietrich Kraft

Research.com Recognitions

• 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• The gene coding for the major birch pollen allergen Betv1, is highly homologous to a pea disease resistance response gene.

  H. Breiteneder;K. Pettenburger;A. Bito;R. Valenta

  987
  Citations

• Identification of profilin as a novel pollen allergen; IgE autoreactivity in sensitized individuals

  Rudolf Valenta;Michael Duchêne;Karin Pettenburger;Christian Sillaber

  921
  Citations

• Profilins constitute a novel family of functional plant pan-allergens.

  R Valenta;M Duchene;C Ebner;P Valent

  748
  Citations

• Allergen immunotherapy: therapeutic vaccines for allergic diseases

  J. Bousquet;R. Lockey;H.J. Malling;E. Alvarez-Cuesta

  679
  Citations

• Microarrayed allergen molecules: diagnostic gatekeepers for allergy treatment.

  Reinhard Hiller;Sylvia Laffer;Christian Harwanegg;Martin Huber

  591
  Citations

• Identification of allergens in fruits and vegetables: IgE cross-reactivities with the important birch pollen allergens Bet v 1 and Bet v 2 (birch profilin)

  Christof Ebner;Reinhold Hirschwehr;Leonhardt Bauer;Heimo Breiteneder

  561
  Citations

• Immunological changes during specific immunotherapy of grass pollen allergy: reduced lymphoproliferative responses to allergen and shift from TH2 to TH1 in T-cell clones specific for Phl p 1, a major grass pollen allergen.

  C. Ebner;U. Siemann;B. Bohle;M. Willheim

  475
  Citations

• Cloning and sequencing of Mal d 1, the major allergen from apple (Malus domestica), and its immunological relationship to Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen.

  M. Vanekkrebitz;K. Hoffmannsommergruber;M.L.D. Machado;M. Susani

  407
  Citations

• Common epitopes of birch pollen and apples—Studies by western and northern blot

  C. Ebner;T. Birkner;R. Valenta;H. Rumpold

  390
  Citations

• Allergen-specific immunotherapy with a monophosphoryl lipid A-adjuvanted vaccine: reduced seasonally boosted immunoglobulin E production and inhibition of basophil histamine release by therapy-induced blocking antibodies.

  N. Mothes;M. Heinzkill;K. J. Drachenberg;W. R. Sperr

  376
  Citations

• Dissection of Immunoglobulin E and T Lymphocyte Reactivity of Isoforms of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1: Potential Use of Hypoallergenic Isoforms for Immunotherapy

  Fátima Ferreira;Kora Hirtenlehner;Alexander Jilek;Jasminka Godnik-Cvar

  358
  Citations

• Molecular Characterization of Api g 1, the Major Allergen of Celery (Apium graveolens), and Its Immumological and Structural Relationships to a Group of 17-kDa Tree Pollen Allergens

  Heimo Breiteneder;Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber;Gabriel O'Riordain;Markus Susani

  339
  Citations

• Modulation of IgE reactivity of allergens by site-directed mutagenesis: potential use of hypoallergenic variants for immunotherapy

  Fátima Ferreira;Christof Ebner;Bettina Kramer;Georg Casari

  337
  Citations

• A shared antigenic determinant between natural killer cells and nervous tissue

  S. Schuller-Petrovic;W. Gebhart;H. Lassmann;H. Rumpold

  336
  Citations

• Identification of common allergenic structures in hazel pollen and hazelnuts: a possible explanation for sensitivity to hazelnuts in patients allergic to tree pollen.

  Reinhold Hirschwehr;Rudolf Valenta;Christof Ebner;Fatima Ferreira

  335
  Citations

• Recombinant birch pollen allergens (rBet v 1 and rBet v 2) contain most of the IgE epitopes present in birch, alder, hornbeam, hazel, and oak pollen: a quantitative IgE inhibition study with sera from different populations.

  Verena Niederberger;Gabrielle Pauli;Hans Grönlundc;Renate Fröschla

  289
  Citations

• Oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs induce IL-12, IL-18 and IFN-gamma production in cells from allergic individuals and inhibit IgE synthesis in vitro.

  Barbara Bohle;Beatrice Jahn-Schmid;Dieter Maurer;Dietrich Kraft

  289
  Citations

• Induction of Fc epsilon R2/CD23 on human epidermal Langerhans cells by human recombinant interleukin 4 and gamma interferon.

  T Bieber;A Rieger;C Neuchrist;J C Prinz

  281
  Citations

• Four recombinant isoforms of Cor a I, the major allergen of hazel pollen, show different IgE‐binding properties

  Heimo Breiteneder;Fátima Ferreira;Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber;Christof Ebner

  268
  Citations

• Molecular cloning of major and minor allergens of Alternaria alternata and Cladosporium herbarum.

  Gernot Achatz;Hannes Oberkofler;Erich Lechenauer;Birgit Simon

  264
  Citations